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Silver cabinet
Jan Adolf Hillebrand, 1844, BK-R-4927
As a young cabinetmaker, Hillebrand presented this neo-Gothic showpiece at an industrial exhibition in Leeuwarden in 1844. His ambition was rewarded. King Willem II bought the silver cabinet, having acquired a taste for Gothic art as a student in England. Different Gothic elements are ingeniously…
On display in room 1.15
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-A
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-B
These guards stand at the entrance to a temple to ward off evil. They are holding a vajra, with which to crush ignorance. Their open and shut mouths represent the first and last letters of the Japanese script: A and N: this symbolises the totality of sounds and letters, of knowledge. Worshippers who…
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Bust of Piet Hein
Hendrick de Keyser (II) (attributed to), 1636, figure, BK-NM-2865
Two plaques from a column
De Grieksche A, after Adrianus Kocx, c. 1690, tile, BK-KOG-2567
On display in room 2.22
Kandelaar met geprofileerde voet en…
anonymous, c. 1425 - c. 1475, candlestick, BK-NM-2384
Japon met halflange mouwen en…
anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1910, BK-2000-2
Landscape with a Thunderstorm…
Willem Roelofs (I), 1850, painting, SK-A-4868
Winter Landscape
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1835 - 1838, painting, SK-C-165
On display in room 1.14